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W. N. DUVENER.

CHANGE COUNTER.

APPLICATIUN FILED mun. 1911.

1,3 1 7, 358'. Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

, 2 SHEETS-SHEET u L! a Zlnmnicw W. N. DOViNER.

CHANGE COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED mnr u. 191:.

1,317,358. Patenbedflept. 30, 1919.

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To all whomlit mayiconceme r t Be it known that I, WILLIAMN DQ EN 13R, izen of the UnitedSWWtiEsfiidifigfi 532? Conduit road, Di trict 11f; 091 11 21 3, hzwe lamented; new and; vuseful Inn Ghengefiemtwemtwhich v o f e'specificatien! Y The 'svcrd r zcnunter is used in.-:.the sense of a tableor hoard upon whiehmeney is counted; and the in ntion'is especielly de-l g ed to feciliteteithe handling of money (when: chenge'is to be made) by either or both of the'perties to the-transactiGm-fi WS tamer endeiceshien. for example. Eon the sake ef hrevity and convenient: identificetien the persons; coneerned; inithe use of the in: vention .Will' be described: as ia customer a cashier.

The inventiongQrovides simple and i111, proved devices to fecihtatet'hehanmifig of money and the making ofehenge: by "the cashier, and the delivery of: chengeto the customer. Described in: generehterms, the

invention comprises the followingprincipal features: A plate 'or, suflaew usually metallic, forming the body ot ;the1 device, which is V usuelly plaoed upon a thicken hase such as the weoden topof the eeshieestdesk encounter Thisiplate my emmayl' not he provided at certain ot its margins iwithnpi standing flanges to prevent escape of eoi-ns. At: one side, usually theieashiers'sideglthe money plate oresurfaee is pre-oferahly pres vided with a thin extension to facilitate the sweeping of coins from-the Eplate into the eeshiers hand with. little chance of any 0f the coinsfalling to the flock Atonepnntfof the lplateeis prefenably presided mmwmhte 01v tilting trey arranged :todeliivemehnnge to the customer. 'This'tray is-:preerebly ro= vided witha ts direet-the minsmto the customers hand, ande hendleedjacent to the spout; and thetrey, or the plate ed jneent to the tray is preferably provided with upstanding guides 01": flanges to direct coins properiy'onte the tray when they are quickly swept toward it by the-cashier. The

7 tray is aise pretembty shaped and emangefi in retetien te'theplate so thetwhenthe tray is tilted the coins aredireeted spout or idelivery part of the tr gain a new and improved manner. t

r The charecteristicsiand advantages of gthe I sgeci ficatiqn'of Letters iefient. Sept, 30,1919,

Application em m nj, 1917. Serial No. 168,037,,

invention will fugther 3 is neQBS BU t0; enable per-sens skilled, in the art to understand theinvention in VGO-Blifijlfi 7 the plane of the long tudinal ex e th Fig 3 i e ho miplen View 9i he t y remeved mm th plate F g-V 2 is ve lcel se tion one emeiii Fig 4 oe per p t v d tail i e: p r of V ray of modifi d const ucti n 7 r V i Fig 5 is a'perspective deteil of a guide flange to coiiperaite rwiththe, trey of Fig: 4:, Fig. this a, tep pla n of the tray and plate ofFigs. 4 and5, V V Fig. 7 is e perspective detail of, a part pi the plate, the tray and guidefianges adje cent to the ey.-

B g 8 1 4 pe p e i e iiiie f a n therl modified form at the invention.

Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section through a change trey on the line b-b, Fig. 2, looking toward the spout.

Fig, 19 is a section @taken at thesame line V Fi 21km a ay rom h pe 7 Figs. 1 2 and 3 showl one, form of the inr ntieeii hiwh the p te 1 con t the be etc-1 the device lssl dl T112911 a i k r een rte, ich men be e b ar ele -e he dim n i s shown, r H1313 he ensider siiofi e a p r 0 t any u table eeshierZs table or. counter upon which the Pla e 1 m y beJmete -Y .Il lly th cashier will stand at themearside of the device as 7 shown in Fig 1 end the customer-at the far seem ny suitable screen 201' grill may be loceted 'et 9,; suitehle pointnto protect the cesh erh mon y, as i u u i, Witheut n ieei ekw th he ment on Qt he iev -Qn At one part of the side of theagleteyadjaeent n ithe a hier, s prov ded e te on is thin in a tv itical dir t enend m y conyeniently-he an integral extension of the ple tevl. This extension pnotyudes beyond from the tray over the extension, andtheseh coins, will becaus oiithe o t the extension, immediately "some fintii tiihtact with the adjacent hand without any percep-tible drop of the coins, and the coins will, therefore, be substantially immediately checked and retainedhythe hand ofthe cashier without any considerable chance of falling to the floor.

In some cases, an upstanding flange 4 may be 'rovidedat one side'of" the extension 3' and this flange may extend; more or less for wardly across one edge or surface of the plate 1. Evidently in sweeping'roi s toward the extension 3 the flange 4 will prevent them flyin'gioif the plate toward the left arid will also serve as a guide in the sweeping of the coins into the hand adjacent to the extension; A 1 i The tray 5 is conveniently located on the plate 1,"usually near one end of'theplate,

and arranged so that its spout or delivery portion 6* is conveniently f laeed discharge coins into the hands o the customer. The plate 1 is usually cut away to fQIIlljflIl opening 7 to "accommodate the'tray; Near its delivery end the tray at its hottom'is provided with downwardly turned ears 8 fitting within lugs or cars 9 rovided on the plate 1. The rod 10 seated in plate ears 9*and passing through ears 801 the tray, provides a tilting pivot for the tray. The ears 8' 'nay also be extended rearwardly and-o utwarill turned to provide'stops 11 to engageithe a jacent edges of the plate opening? and mit the tilting movement of the tray dently other specific forms of pivot and stop device may be'substituted for thoseidescribed. i v 7 At the delivery end the tray terminates in a spout 6, which "may orfima 'nhtflhe completely inclosed at the top. asides of the tray approaching thespetitconverge, field at the connnencement 0f converging part the flat bottom of the trayieigoitnded' up to meet the side walls of the beginning of the out as at 26, and this cnrvature'ofthe tray ottom and side walls may befincreased farther on toward the spout so shame bottom of the tra at about the point?! becomes concave and t is concavit iherge with the curvature of the spout. his curvature of the convergent walls, tray bottom and spout prevents to a notable the jamming of coins as they approach the discharge 5 point and cause the coins to andrapidly from the discharge end of the tray whenit is tilted. h

Beneath the spout 6 is a handleor operat ing device 12 which may be depressed by the back of the hand of the customer, whereupon the palm of the same hand falls naturally into osition below the spent as the tray is tilt gnd ceins placed the tray will fili dfalerofigh ih sp ent i frtoiith e hand 'without nny appreciable chance of dropping. The spoutis referahly provided with an upper and "oh 'waH IB to deflect and properly guide downward any coins that may sho'ot forward rapidly w on the tray is tiltegfl lhe upper edge of the spout is define-d by the upper margin 14 of the adi'acent wall 13 of the spout, and in a preferred construction this margin 14 as it proceeds back toward thetra at the side nearest to the cashier is curve down to meet the normal surface of thetray at 15, near the spout and well away from the cashier. This leavesthe' loirg clearside 16 of the tray and the rear edge'li of the tray flush with plate 1 and open to receive coins which'are pushed toward' 'thetray by the cashier. "The naturalmovement of the cashiers hand in placing coins upon the tray is a quick forward and lateralsweep, and it is, therefore, very important provide, was done in'Fig. 1, an extensive opening soto speak, or free space'hetween'the plate and the tray in the direction from WlilOll the coins-will naturally coine toenable tihe coins to be placed tipon the tray in theinost ripidand easy manner. At the side of thetray farthest from the cashier, is provided a guide flange 18, I This may "be located either on the late 1 hr on the tray. Iii-Figs; 1 to 3 the ange 18 is attached to the tray. At its outward end the'fl ange 18:may, as shown in these figures, mergeinto the :outer wall 13 of the spout. The flange "18 serves as a stop for coins when they are pushed toward the tray to'prevent them from going beyond it, and theflange also serves; as a uide 'when'the trayistilt'ed to direct the coins to the spout. In connection with the guide fiange 'IS and the open slides 16' and 17 of the tray, the preferred'shape and arrangement of the tray withi'relation to the plate 1 shown in Eigs i to 3 is irnportant. The edge 16 of the tray is aiot arranged at right angles to the frent and: reared set the counter but isinclianed soflzhatatt e oint nearest to the cashier the edge 16 oft-e tray is farther away a from hlm than :it is where it approaches thespout; The'edge of the tray defined by the guide flange 18 is still further inclinedin the same manner. This is more easily understood by reference to Fig. S-aTrdF-igJG in which the same general tray outlineisemhodied. 'In'*these fi res the line ar a zd'efiees the main longitu inal axis of the tray or' the' plane "in which the tray tilts, and on reference to this line it will be seen that the 'edge 16 of the tray nearest to the cashier is'inclined to the median line so that the edge 16 diverges from the median line as it approaches the spout, while the edge 18 is inclined to the median line preferably at a still great r angle, converging, however, toward the median line as it ap proaches the seen. "This provides an in creased area toward the i'tbhlblfd (if the tray to more easil receive and retain coins propelled'tovv-ar it, ahd it also? rovides means by which any coins that a e laced upon the tre are sureto bedeliveredahreugh-the spout in spite of the that that in "the preferred constrnction no gei'aefien'geie ieeed adjacent to "the edge 16 of the tray. Evidently, anycoimsuch-as the coin 19 (Figs. 1 and 6), 1f placed-anywhere 'near themargin 16 of the may, will, when "thetray is tilted, by the influence ef grevay sllde substantiaIl-y parallel to "the line 'H, and, therefore, will not eseepe fromthe left margin of the tray *in spite er, the feet that no fiuide'flange is there provided.- Thus, a left and guide flange forthe tra'y is dis ensed with, giving the'cashi erthe greatest possible facility for placing eeinsnponthe trey, and at the same time the proper movement of the coins toward thespout when'the tr-ay is tilted is provided "for.

The angular arrangement of flange "18 is also important because when this flange is so arranged any coins which are swept toward 'the flange 18 in the normal directions in which they are moved by the cashier, with stiflic'ie'nt "force tb rebound from the flange, will rebound awa frem the spout instead oftoward it. Thl's reduces the possibility of coins rebohndingffromthe *guide flan send out of "the spdut before the tray is ti ted to *intentionall dishergeaheeein.

Figs, 1 and 2show hat *the "plac 1 may be provided Witha' arwflsnge 20 forming substantially axeolit fiUiitiiSnUfthe fihhge 18 carried by the tray.

Figs. 4% 7 "ndl'nsive s'ihow a anodiflcation in which-guide fl'enge 18* fyer'thie right hand side (if the tra is secured to the plate 1. The right 'han edge, 18" 6f *the tray is 10- eeted so el'oseto'the flen e that tner is ver little clearance and there is, therefore, no possibilityof coins "fallifig'btti een the 1 late and flange. The flange isalse ihade 'iglh enough so that when the rear pan of t e tray is in its uppermost position inlitiltin' the flange will still ro 'e'et alcove it an ciently'to formega'i e forthecoins. The margin of the spoilit 6 iii this construction is discontinued at' the' oint where ashoiilder 21 is formed in the new to accommodate the forward end of flange 18, so that in this construction 'the flahge 18 and the ddmmeneement of the fllitbi lll marginef the spout aI-e substantially in line, and in operativeefieotbontinfious. I p

I Fig. -8 @guide fian ges 22 extend along the left side and the cashiefis side of the plate 1 and -mayeven be extended. ailcng the sides of the extension 3 as at 23, leaving however the front ofthe 'entensibn open for delivery of 'eoins to the cashiers hand. In Fig. Salso'the construction of the tray is modified. The margins lfl and 18 of the tray are substantially parallel and also substa'ntially'at right angles to the front and rear 'edgesef the counter. While this arraingemen t does not give such a wide area of trad and such certain delivery of coin fromt e tray Whentilted as the other structure described, it still has notable advantagesover previous constructions.

In Figs. '1 to 7 inclusive, the part of the plate l adjacent to spout (3 is formed with two slight projections 24 partially embracing the spout when the tray is in normal "ositi'on. In Fig. 8, however, the plate ad- ]ace'nt tothe-spont is formed into a hoodlike guard 25 completely surrounding the sipoiit when the tray is in normal position.

-his guard prevents the hand or other part of the bod of a customer from striking the spoutof t e tray when the tray is in normal position, and thus accidentally tilt in it.

' n some cases, as shown in Fig. 8, for example, the left hand margin 28 of the hood may be extended along the left hand side of the tray near the spout and this upstanding margin prevents'coins from being pushed upon the tray too near to the spout, and takes the place of any guard flange on the tray forthe same purpose.

An important feature of the invention Whenembodied in a epreferred form as here shown is thatthe major part of the tray surface is flat, and flush with the surface of the counter or with the surface of the plate 1. This enables the cashier not only to easily place coins upon the tray but to remove 'them with equal facility if he desires "to do so for any reason. 0 properly guide coins to the delivery end of the tray I provide suitable guide flanges or the like, and shape and arrange the tray suitably in relation to the counter. Thus I am enabled to make the surface of the tray fiat and flush with the counter, as above stated.

It will be evident that the change trays canbeduplicated so that one will be at each side'o'f thecashier and in that case the tray at his left would be substantially a reversal of the one shown, that is the guide flange would be at the left side of the tray and the open side at the right. Or, in some cases Where it would be desirable to have the change tray at the cashiers left, the device might be so arranged Without any tray at the right. Words in this specification therefore which denote relative positions, such as right and left, are used in the descriptive sense only and not as limitations.

I claim:- a

. 1. In a, change counter the combination with a relatively thick base, of a plate fixed thereon, the plate being provided with a portion free from the base, said portion having a flat upper surface in the same plane as the top of the counter, and being relatively thin to facilitate the sweeping of coins from the plate into the hand of the user held below the edge of said relatively thin portion.

2. In devices of the class described, the combination with a counter of a change tray connected in tilting relation thereto, and a guide flange at one side of the tray to limit the movement of coins swept upon the tray from the counter and to guide the coins when the tray is tilted, the tray at the side opposite the guide flange bein open to receive coins along a substantia part of its length, the edge of the tray at said open side being arranged at an angle to the tilting axis of the tray, so that coins will be retuined upon the tray when tilted without the provision of guiding means at that side of the tray.

3. In devices of the class described, the combination with a counter, of a change tray connected in tilting relation thereto and having its upper surface fiat and flush with the upper surface of the counter, and a guide flange at the side of the tray remote from the user to limit the movement of coins delivered upon the tray from the counter and to guide the coins when the tray is tilted, the tray at the side opposite the guide flange being open to facilitate moving coins to and from the tray, across the edge adjacent to the user, the said open side of the tray bein arranged at an angle to the tilting axis 0 the tray, so that e'oins will be retained upon the tray when tilted without the provision of guiding means at that side of the tray.

4. In a change-counter, the combination of a base, a plate thereon, a change tray ivoted on the plate and having a part ush with the plate, and a guide-flange at the side of the tray remote from the user, the side of the tray adjacent to the user being open for a substantial part of its length to receive coins swept toward the tray from the plate, the open side of the tray being arranged at such an angle that come slide by gravity toward the discharge point of the tray when the tray is tilted. I

5. Same as claim 4, with the addition that the side of the tray adjacent to the guide flange is arranged at such an angle that coins rebounding from the flange will tend to move away from the discharge end of the tra 6 In a change counter, the combination of a base, a plate thereon, a change tray ivoted on the plate and having a part ush with the plate, and a guide flange at the side of the tray remote from the user, the side of the tray adjacent to the user being open for a substantial part of its length to receive coins swept toward the tray from the plate,

the side of the tray adjacent to the guide flange beingarranged at such an angle that coins rebounding from the flange will tend to move away from the discharge end of the tray.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a counter, a change tray pivoted thereon and having a projecting discharge member, and a hood located on the counter and serving to protect the discharge member of the tray when the tray is in normal position, a part of the hood being continued at one side of the tray to prevent coins bei pushed onto the tray adjacent to the disc arge end.

8. In a device .of the class described, the combination of a counter, a changetray pivoted thereon, a uide flange at the side of the tray remote mm the user, guide means at the near side of the tray near the delivery end, the guide flange and guide means converging towardthe delivery end of the tray, the rearward portion of the tray being flat and flush with the top of the counter, and the surface of the tray near the delivery end being concave, the described arrangement of flange, guidingv means and concaye surface serving to prevent jamming of the coins as they slide toward the delivery end of the tray. 95

9. In a device of the class described, the combination ofa counter, a change tray pivoted in relation thereto, the rearward surface of the tray being substantially flatand flush with the counter, .the other end of the tray being formed into a delivery spout, an upstanding guide flange at the side of the tray remote rom the normal position of the user, said flange being arranged at such an angle that coins striking it tend to rebound away from the delivery end, the side of the tray near the user being open for a substantial part of its length, the edge of the tray at that side being arran ed at an angle to the tilting axis, sothat coins placed on the tray adjacent to said edge tend to move inward from vthe edge when sliding toward the spout, and means to prevent coins being pushed upon the tray at a point adjacent to the spout, I 1

10. The same as claim 9, with. the addition that convergent guides are placed at opposite sides ofthe tray adjacent to the spout, and the surface of the tray approaching the spout is concave, to prevent jamming of coins. j

11. In a change counter, the combination of a counter, a change tray connected in tiltable relation withvthe-oounter, a guideflange along one side ofthe tra and a flange carried by the counter and constituting substantially a continuation of the firstnamed flange when the tray is in normal position.

12. In change-handling apparatus, the

combination with a counter of a tray pivrearwardly from the longitudinal axis of the oted in relation thereto, the tray being open tray, to affect the direction of rebound of along a substantial part of one side to recoins from said flange to cause coins re- 10 ceive coins, and a guard flange at the oppobounding therefrom to move away from the site side of the tra to limit movement of delivery end of the tray.

coins toward that male, the flange being arranged at an angle diverging considerably WILLIAM N. DOVENER.

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